Target offering 10 percent discount as credit fraud apology

3:19 PM,
Dec. 21, 2013

Target stores are offering a 10 percent discount this weekend.

Written by

Chris Woodyard
Gannett

Target, stung by a massive credit-card security breach, is taking the unusual step of offering a 10 percent discount Saturday and Sunday in its U.S. stores at the height of the holiday rush, its CEO announced.

In addition, the company says it is going to offer free credit monitoring to customers who could be at risk from the breach.

The actions come after the Minneapolis-based mass-market retailing giant disclosed Thursday that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts were stolen starting with the Thanksgiving weekend. Patrons who swiped credit cards at Target stores from Nov. 27 to ...